Aerospace grants
Explore grants for aerospace companies. This directory brings together funding for new aircraft, propulsion systems, avionics, uncrewed systems and advanced air mobility, from national aviation and defense agencies, research councils and industry programs, alongside grants open to companies in any sector.
Showing 265-288 of 1,018 grants
New turbofan engine
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds a contractor to adapt existing civil turbofan research into a new engine for unmanned combat aircraft.
Next generation aircraft autonomy technologies for cockpit / pilot assistance applications
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds two research projects, worth up to EUR 3.5 million each, developing next-generation autonomous cockpit technology for aircraft flown by a single pilot without a co-pilot.
Next generation ATS platform for airport operations
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds industrial research building AI-enabled, cyber-resilient next-generation airport air traffic control platforms.
Next generation ATS platforms for en-route and TMA operations
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds industrial research building AI-enabled, cyber-resilient next-generation air traffic control platforms.
Next generation testing capabilities in strategic EU wind tunnels
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays one research project up to EUR 15 million to upgrade Europe's strategic wind tunnels with new instruments and test methods for climate-neutral aircraft.
NM Science and Technology Business Startup Grant
🇺🇸NM EDD · United States
Funds New Mexico technology startups commercializing products in priority deep-tech sectors.
NOAA SBIR Phase I (Scheduled)
🇺🇸NOAA TPO · United States
Supports United States small businesses testing NOAA-focused science and technology concepts through early-stage small-business innovation projects.
NRFC General Fund
🇦🇺NRFC · Australia
Funds Australian companies in seven priority sectors with debt, equity, and guarantee instruments.
Operational stakeholders' group to support the deployment of Clean Aviation aircraft concepts and technologies
🇪🇺Clean Aviation JU · European Union
Pays a support action to convene airline and airport operators who assess how Clean Aviation's new aircraft concepts and technologies will actually work in service from 2035.
Particle Physics Experiment Consolidated Grants
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
Supports continued United Kingdom engagement in priority particle physics experiments through STFC consolidated grants for project continuity.
PitchMI
🇺🇸MSURF · United States
Awards Michigan startups $250,000 per track winner, plus $1 million at the championship.
Propulsion system for next generation rotorcrafts
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds early design work on a new high-power European turboshaft engine for the next generation of military rotorcraft.
Regulators' Pioneer Fund — Round 4
🇬🇧DSIT · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom regulators with pilot innovation that improves service quality and public delivery.
Research to help shape the future regulatory framework for a DES
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds research generating the technical evidence EASA needs to regulate automation, AI and safety in future air traffic management.
RF Architectures Applying Photonic Timing and Routing (RAAPTR)
DARPA · United States
Funds three to five teams from a $58 million pool to build defense-grade RF systems that use optical timing instead of conventional microwave generation.
Self-protection systems
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays a EUR 24 million share of this year's Defence Fund call to develop next-generation self-protection systems for combat and non-combat aircraft.
Shenzhen International Science and Technology Cooperation Project
🇨🇳STIC-SZ · China
Supports Shanghai teams with international peers through STIC cooperation funding for joint research exchanges.
Smart airports, airports as multimodal nodes and passenger experience
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds research on smart, connected airports that integrate landside, network and multimodal transport data.
Smart technologies for next generation fighter systems
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Pays a EUR 25 million share of this year's Defence Fund call to develop next-generation modular avionics architecture for a shared defence air cloud.
Space for Urban Air Mobility
🇦🇹ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds up to €200K, 100% covered, for urban-air-mobility feasibility studies.
SpaceTech Investor Readiness Program
🇺🇸Space Florida · United States
Supports Florida SpaceTech startups through mentorship and a global investor network partnership with Seraphim Space.
STFC Projects Peer Review Panel (PPRP)
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
Supports invited large-scale United Kingdom particle, astronomy, and nuclear projects through STFC Projects Peer Review Panel, a route for complex funding.
Superconducting motor windings for a fully electric hydrogen fuel cell powered aircraft
🇪🇺Clean Aviation JU · European Union
Funds a research project that develops and demonstrates superconducting motor windings for a fully electric hydrogen fuel cell aircraft.
Transformation to trajectory-based operations
🇪🇺SESAR 3 JU · European Union
Funds industrial research building the flight-planning and network systems needed for trajectory-based air traffic operations.